{"id":1947,"date":"2014-05-16T07:24:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T07:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2015-02-18T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:53:16","slug":"cheng-tsuis-strive-for-a-5-ap-chinese-practice-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/cheng-tsuis-strive-for-a-5-ap-chinese-practice-tests.html","title":{"rendered":"Dig Mandarin\u2019s Book of the Month: Cheng & Tsui\u2019s \u201cStrive for a 5-AP Chinese Practice Tests\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Following up on last\u2019s month article, we continue with this month\u2019s edition of \u201c DigMandarin\u2019s Book Of The Month\u201d, brought to you by the publisher of \u201cIntegrated Chinese\u201d\u2014 Cheng &Tsui\u2019s Strive For a 5 AP Chinese.<\/p>\n
For those of us who have yet to travel to China (including myself), this can be an excellent tool in two ways :(1) Practice reading entire texts in characters and testing your comprehension (2) learn more about the culture of China from an insider\u2019s perspective. So later on, you will be better prepared for reading novels and other books in Chinese.<\/p>\n
Firstly, this book contains an introduction in English, Traditional and Simplified characters explaining how to use this book according to the AP Chinese class curriculum. The book is divided into 8 \u201cUnits\u201d:Customs, Daily Life,Economics,Education, Entertainment,Family, Geography and the Mixed Theme. Each chapter contains a test on their subject. This test is divided into reading and listening comprehension, which is to be used along with the free audio downloads that come with the book. The reading comprehension section of the test (shown below) is comprised of a textual passage in both Simplified and Traditional Characters, in which the student must then answer questions about the text read. So this is May’s DigMandarin book of the month. Let us know what you think about it in the comments below or in social media. Also, if you have a great book that you would like a review, tell us in the comments! Your nominated book may have a review here on DigMandarin.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following up on last\u2019s month article, we continue with this month\u2019s edition of \u201c DigMandarin\u2019s Book Of The Month\u201d, brought to you by the publisher of \u201cIntegrated Chinese\u201d\u2014 Cheng &Tsui\u2019s Strive For a 5 AP Chinese. Thumbs Up: Excellent Cultural notes 8 practice tests covering each chapter and subject of the book Texts in both…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[79,92,78,5,80,94],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nHowever, the listening comprehension part is divided into two parts: (1)\u201cRejoinders and (2) Listening Selections. During Rejoinders, you will listen to a conversation segment in Chinese and choose one of the four options that best completes and suits the context of the conversation. In Listening Selections, you will hear different forms of communication media, such as advertisements, instructions and notices. You will then have to choose the best option to the question asked about the contents of the recording.<\/p>\nRecommended for:<\/h2>\n
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